Halter



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HALTER.

Nm @$51,074. PatentedjDeo. 20,1881.

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L. B. STOWELL.

HALTER.

No. 251,074. Patented Deo. 20,1881.

"Wdlzsse )hue/Zier' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUTHER B. STOWlLL, OF FRIENDSHIP, WISCONSIN.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 251,074, dated December20, 1881.

Application lcd October 9, 1880.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, LUTHER B. StroWELL, ofFriendship village, in the county of Adams and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useiul Improvements in Halters; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters ot' reference marked thereon,which forma part of this specitcation.

My invention relates to. headstalls and halters for domestic animals;and the novelty consistsinthe peculiar construction, arrangement, andadaptation ot' parts, whereby cheapness of manufacture, ease ofapplication, eflicicncy of service, and less liability to get ont oforder are obtained, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

It is well known that many accidents occur in consequence ot1 amultiplicity of buckles,

3, and 4t are details, showing more fully the construction of thebuckles; and Fig. 5, a perspective elevation, showing the devicecomplete.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the cheek and crown straps, bothin one piece ot' leather,and being seeui ed in one of the buckles a,passesupward andthrough one ofthe buckles c, over, down upon theopposite side, through (No model.)

the other cheek-buckle c, and terminates, after passing through andbeingsecured, in the other buckle a. Within a loop in the check-bucklescis secured, by one or more snap-hooks, w, a throat-latch, O, formed ofone piece of leather, secured at each end to the cheek-buckles c, thecenter ot the body passing through a loop, D, formed of one piece ot'leather, both ends of which are secured in thc buckle b, as plainlyshown in Fig. 5.

B represents the hitching-strap, one end of which is passed through atiy-bnckle, b', thence through the throat-buckle b, buckles a u, backthrough buckles b and b', and there secured, as shown. A portion of thisstrap is loosened, after passing through the buckle b, to form thenose-strap B', thus forming the nosestrap and hitchi-ng-strap of asingle piece'of leather, and with the necessity of but two holes forbuckletongues .in said strap. In this peculiar construction lies thegist of my invention.

It will thus be observed that in my complete halter I employ but fourpieces of leather and a minimum number of buckles, and the device isconsequently safer, better, and more convenient.

What I claim as new is- The halter herein described, consisting of thebitching-strap and nose-band formed of a single piece doubled uponitself, the head-strap, throat-strap, and loop, comprising a halter andbitching-strap formed of t'our pieces, the whole constructed and adaptedto serve relatively to the buckles t b c, snaps x, and fly buckle b', asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimonythatI claim the forcgoingl have hereunto set my hand andseal this 16th day of August, 1880.

LUTHER B. STOWELL.

Witnesses:

- Gr. W. WATERMAN,

J. B. HARRISON.

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